CVE-2005-3096
Avi Alkalay nslookup.cgi program, dated 16 June 2002, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the query parameter.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.82%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Avi Alkalay nslookup.cgi program, dated 16 June 2002, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the query parameter.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 3.82% probability · 90th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- avi alkalay/nslookup.cgi
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 3.8% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16880
- http://www.alkalay.net/software
- http://www.cirt.net/advisories/alkalay.shtmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/19520Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14893
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1809
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22354
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16880
- http://www.alkalay.net/software
- http://www.cirt.net/advisories/alkalay.shtmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/19520Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14893
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1809
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22354
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.